AK Dad
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So I've been sitting here trying to digest the awesome, outstanding, great, can't say enough good things about it, testing that Transport Canada did back in 2009 ...
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/...rograms-regulations-research-research-887.htm
... and at the same time trying to understand why the disparity in weight limits between otherwise identical (as far as I can tell) CRs between the US and Canada.
For instance, their in-car testing of boosters has very much strengthened my belief that HWH seats, like the Frontier, do a much better job of protecting kids in severe crashes. So why is it that the Frontier that's about to show up at my door this afternoon is good to 90 lbs here in Alaska, but if I drive south D) across the border, it's suddenly only good to 65 lbs? Also, if I were to drive across (assuming my kid weighed 66 lbs) would I be required to stow the harness straps and use it as a HBB?
Same question for the (Canadian-made) Foonf - why is it good here to 50lbs RF'd, but the same seat across the border is only good to 40lbs?
So what's the answer? Is TC's research just way ahead of the regulations? Are the US standards not as strict as Canada's and we're putting our kids in harm's way?
Anyway, I'm just wondering what my Canadian friends think. Are you annoyed that you can't get a Frontier 90 in Canada the way I'm annoyed that I can't (legally) get a Multi-Tech in the US?
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/...rograms-regulations-research-research-887.htm
... and at the same time trying to understand why the disparity in weight limits between otherwise identical (as far as I can tell) CRs between the US and Canada.
For instance, their in-car testing of boosters has very much strengthened my belief that HWH seats, like the Frontier, do a much better job of protecting kids in severe crashes. So why is it that the Frontier that's about to show up at my door this afternoon is good to 90 lbs here in Alaska, but if I drive south D) across the border, it's suddenly only good to 65 lbs? Also, if I were to drive across (assuming my kid weighed 66 lbs) would I be required to stow the harness straps and use it as a HBB?
Same question for the (Canadian-made) Foonf - why is it good here to 50lbs RF'd, but the same seat across the border is only good to 40lbs?
So what's the answer? Is TC's research just way ahead of the regulations? Are the US standards not as strict as Canada's and we're putting our kids in harm's way?
Anyway, I'm just wondering what my Canadian friends think. Are you annoyed that you can't get a Frontier 90 in Canada the way I'm annoyed that I can't (legally) get a Multi-Tech in the US?